Tier 1

Highest quality sources with a proven track record of accuracy.

  • Simon Stone
    BBC
  • Simon Peach
    Press Association
  • Craig Norwood
    Club Photographer
  • James Ducker
    The Telegraph/Numbers may be suspect
  • Gaston Edul
    T1 Argentina
  • Henry Winter
    The Times Chief of Football
  • Mohamed Bouhafsi
    France
  • Paul Joyce
    The Times/Liverpool/Everton
  • Kristof Terreur
    The Guardian
  • David Ornstein
    The Athletic
  • Arancha Rodriguez
    Real Madrid/Spain
  • Sam Lee
    The Athletic
  • Romeo Agresti
    Juventus news
  • John Percy
    The Telegraph/Midlands Clubs
  • Alan Nixon
    for youth, and League clubs news
  • Laurie Whitwell
    The Athletic
  • BBC
    United Kingdom
  • The Athletic
    United Kingdom
  • Stian André de Wahl
    Norway
  • Yağız Sabuncuoğlu
    Turkey

Tier 2

Proven to have current and mostly reliable sources.

  • Der Westen
    Germany/Schalke/Gladbach/Dortmund
  • Kicker
    Germany
  • De Telegraaf
    Netherlands
  • COPE
    Spain
  • Kerry Hau
    Bayern only
  • Fabrice Hawkins
    RMC Sport
  • Raphael Honigstein
    Germany Freelancer/Guardian German News
  • Voetbal International
    Netherlands
  • Gianluca Di Marzio
    Italians only, Tier 3 if not
  • Matt Law
    Telegraph/Chelsea
  • Andy Burton
    Sky Sports
  • Charlotte Duncker
    The Times
  • Loic Tanzi
    French news
  • Caderna SER
    Spain
  • RMC Sport
    France
  • Ruhr Nachrichten
    Germany
  • Telefoot
    France
  • Lee Ryder
    The Chronicle/Newcastle
  • Sami Mokbel
    Daily Mail
  • Rob Dawson
    ESPN
  • Paul Hirst
    The Times
  • Andy Mitten
    Various
  • RTP
    Portugal only, Tier 3 if not
  • Sport1
    Germany
  • The Telegraph
  • Mike McGrath
    The Telegraph
  • Adam Crafton
    The Athletic
  • James Roades
    Muppetiers
  • Zerozero.pt
    Portugal
  • Nick Semeraro
  • Fabrizio Romano
    Guardian/Independent, Spammy Tier 2.5

Tier 3

Average reliability or formerly more trusted sources.

  • Canal+/Pierre Menes
    France
  • Ian Ladyman
    Daily Mail
  • The Guardian
  • The Times
  • Daniel Taylor
    Guardian
  • Melissa Reddy
    Sky Sports
  • Ian Whittell
    Telegraph
  • Bild
    Germany/Bavaria
  • Le Parisien
    France
  • Ian Herbert
    Independent
  • Marcel van Der Kraan
    de Telegraaf
  • Jim White
    Everton only
  • Stephen Howson
    Tier 2 for youth news
  • O Jogo
    Portugal
  • Adrian Kajumba
    Daily Mail
  • Patrick Berger
    Sport1 - except Tier 2 for German news
  • Dan Harris
    The Guardian
  • Alfredo Pedullà
    Italy
  • Florian Plettenberg
    Bayern Only
  • Mike Keegan
    Daily Mail
  • Nizaar Kinsella
    Standard Sport
  • Chris Wheeler
    Daily Mail
  • Julien Maynard
    Telefoot, Tier 2 for France
  • James Savundra
    TalkSPORT
  • Talksport sources
    UK & Ireland
  • Relevo
  • Raisa Simplicio & Thiago Fernandes
    Goal Brazil
  • Dan Sheldon
    The Athletic
  • Dharmesh Sheth
    Sky Sports
  • Jose Felix Diaz
    Real Madrid news
  • James Robson
    Evening Standard
  • Rich Fay
    MEN, T3 for Youth & Academy

Tier 4

Sources with indirect reporting or lower reliability.

  • BildSport
    Germany
  • Tuttomercatoweb
    Italy
  • Guillem Balague
    Sky Sports/Freelance
  • Sport
    Spain
  • Kaveh Solhekol/Dharmesh Sheth
    Sky Sports
  • Marca
    Spain/Real Madrid
  • L'Equipe
    France
  • A Bola
    Portugal
  • Record
    Portugal
  • Correio de Manha
    Portugal
  • CalcioMercato
    Italy

Tier 5

Known aggregators or sources with very poor reliability.

  • Samuel Luckhurst
    MEN
  • Alex Crook
    Talk Sports
  • Peter O'Rouke
    Freelance
  • Tancredi Palmieri
    Freelance
  • Christian Falk
    BILD
  • Daily Mail
    banned unless reporter on tier-list
  • Metro
    banned - utter shit
  • Express
    banned - ban due to vote manipulation
  • The Sun
    Banned - for being the Sun
  • Diario Gol
    Spain
  • Daily Star
    Go there for tits, not news

Tier of Shame

Sources with almost no credibility or known for significant errors.

  • IndyKaila
    This guy is worse than an unknown entity
  • Sky DE
    falling for a fake Fabrizio Romano tweet
  • Simon Mullock
    falling for a parody site article